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[Rufus Bartell] added, "It's not just about African-Americans though we are the ones who initially came together on this naturally because we are connected. But make no mistake, we have a worldview on this on building successful business through relationships that's why we say 'people of color.' We feel all people of color in this country are 'vastly under served' in terms of excellent offerings and services in their own communities. Running the "seven figue" business, Bartell is a veteran merchandiser, yet a lifelong student of merchandising, and has expanded inventory with the New simplycasual (TM). The new store is divided into three merchandise categories: 1) "Core" provides customers basic clothes needed for everyday and is the store's "meat and potatoes" according to Bartell; 2) ...
'Shop Detroit' is about more than just spending money in the city of Detroit," said Rev. Wendell Anthony, president, Detroit Branch NAACP. "When you Shop Detroit, it not only helps improve the city's economic life but it improves the vitality of the city overall. Everyone wants to be able to live, work, play and shop right in their own backyard. The Detroit Branch NAACP and Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, the Independent Retailers Association, the International Detroit Black Expo and the Booker T. Washington Business Association will host "Shop Detroit 2007."
IndieBound, a program formed by the Tarrytown-based American Booksellers Association to empower independent retailers to take advantage of the localism movement is just such a vision.
American Independent Business Alliance, American Specialty Toy Retailers Association, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and National Bicycle Dealers Association.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Retailers can't survive without credit terms, according to several leading independent retailers gathered at a special Retailer to Retailer Breakfast Seminar on July 17, during the Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market(R). The Market is one of the largest market expos for gift and home furnishing companies, where retailers from around the globe travel to order products. The fast-moving, interactive event, which was hosted by the Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA, www.giftandhome.org), gave leading independent retailers the opportunity to discuss key market trends, professional development, and industry best practices.
The failure of F&S Oil on March 7 is further proof that the pain being caused by the high cost of home heating is hitting companies as well as consumers, according to the head of Cromwell-based trade group that represents the state's independent retailers of oil. It's a serious situation for the best of companies," said Gene Guilford, president and chief executive officer of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association. "And from an industry perspective, this company (F&S) was a poster child for the kind of company you'd send people to. Two months ago, if you'd told me this would happen, I would have told you that you were crazy.
Maryland consumers who shop at independent retailers could soon reap more rewards for their spending. For the first time, the Maryland Retailers Association recommended a marketing service to its members, straying from its usual advice on operations.
SnapRetail LLC, which created a digital marketing system to help independent retailers promote products online and through email and social media, won an award for innovation in technology. The Churchill-based company won the Icon 2011 award from AmericasMart Atlanta, a gift and home products trade association.
Coalition Demands a "Reset" by Obama Administration on GMO Labeling NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two weeks a diverse coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals will begin to march from the Historic Flatbush Food Co-op in Brooklyn, NY to the gates of the White House to ask the Obama Administration to support labeling of genetically engineered foods, also termed "Genetically Modified Organisms" or "GMOs". The GMO Right2Know March will feature daily events between New York and Washington, DC October 1-16 as hundreds of marchers are expected to walk part or all of the 313 miles to the White House. The route and details on daily events can be viewed at Right2KnowMarch.org.
... Weleda; Biodynamic Farming and Garden Association; Center for Food Safety; Food Democracy Now; Organ... Association; The Organic Center; Independent Natural Food Retailers Association; National Coope...
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